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Chocolate Coconut Oatmeal Clusters

Truth be told, these were actually my second attempt. Remember this? Rrrrright.

I don’t know what I’m trying to prove here either. That I can bake cookies? That I should bake cookies? That if I want to pull up the old 1987 Phantom of the Opera soundtrack on Spotify and rip-roaringly sing “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” to my husband as if I’m a famous Broadway actress on a famous Broadway stage as he sits on the couch hysterically laughing with his head in his hands, I should be able to, gosh darnit!

No no, that actually happened. Like, last night. AND I pretty much buried that song. HA-bam.

Guess what I didn’t bury though. The creaming of the butter and sugar. Ugh. I realize it looks jank to the hank. I think my butter was too cold? Still, it didn’t matter in the end, y’all cuz these oatmeal clusters go BOOM.

See, what I thought would happen was:

a) They’d spread out like little cookies. This is why I left so much space between them on the sheet.

b) But they did not.

c) That Aaron would request 15 more songs from Phantom after hearing my award-winning performance.

d) But he did not.

Insteaaaaad though (And seriously, you guys, I’m okay. No enrollment to self-esteem camp for this girl.) I ended up with seriously the most decadent, chocolately, almost cakey in a way, coconuty, oatmeal clusters with little chocolate chip explosions inside that I pretty much want to elope with.

37 Responses to Chocolate Coconut Oatmeal Clusters

Oh my yumminess. You just made this Friday even brighter. I cannot wait to make these cookies. And, they might help me get over the fact that I am still mourning the fact that this year’s American Idol does not hold a candle to last year…yet!

Love the photo of the baking mishap – same thing happened to me over the holidays. Baking outcomes can be delicious or deliciously disappointing. Your accident looks lovely and I want it in my mouth. uhhhh….you know what I mean

Haha, I’ve definitely made cookies that turned out like your first batch before. I’m glad you tried again…cause these look awesome.

In the 2 days after we saw Les Mis, I serenaded my boyfriend with I Dreamed A Dream a good half dozen times (because if you sing it right, it’s totally possible to turn a song about hating life cause you’re a prostitute into a beautiful love song….. right?)

Reese’s peanut butter cups were invented because a guy that had a chocolate bar got into a car wreck with a guy that had a jar of peanut butter. Well, not really, but the commercial was pretty convincing. The moral of the story? Sell your mistake to Hershey. Make a butt-load. Give me a 1% finder’s fee. Everyone’s happy.

I just dropped by and tried this recipe today at home. They are really yummy but I have some tiny feedback, I have been baking for years and I know how and when to mix wet ingredients to dried ones but it might be easier for the novice baker if you include when to add the flour, cocoa, baking soda and the baking powder:) Other than that I like my cookies extra crunchy so I increased the amount of oats and that worked fine as well. Thank you so much for this recipe!

I made these tonight, but discovered that there are steps missing in the recipe… There aren’t any directions for most of the dry ingredients. Also, it would be helpful for prep to mention the butter should be room temp (I forgot, and the butter/sugar went everywhere!). Just thought you might want to know, in case you wanted to add the steps!

Thanks for the heads up! I updated the ingredients to specify the butter to be room temp. But I did say to mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. I’m sorry if that was confusing! I hope you enjoyed ‘em!

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